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A hack at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory went unnoticed for 10 months, exposing state secrets with possible national security consequences. Webroot senior threat analyst Kelvin Murray and host Joe Panettieri discuss how the rampant theft of intellectual property also targets SMBs.

Apple Podcasts Rate and Review for SpotOn Michael Konialian is the Vice President and General Manager at CoverWallet For Agents,  a platform that allows agents to easily and efficiently quote, bind, and provide service to their customers. Some of his responsibilities include defining the product offering, managing sales and operations, and planning the strategic direction for the business unit. Before joining the insurance industry, Michael was a Foreign Affairs Officer for the US Department of State.  In today’s episode, Michael shares what CoverWallet For Agents does and how the design is meant to be as user-friendly as possible. He describes his experience working as a researcher for NASA, his career in Foreign Affairs, and when he joined the insurance industry. He explains the benefits of using CoverWallet For Agents and how it streamlines policy recommendations and pricing. Michael also discusses the future of insurtech and the new technology he looks forward to seeing enter the insurance industry. "The economic crisis encouraged my peers to think differently." - Michael Konialian Today on Spot On Insurance: What Michael's childhood was like and his dreams and aspirations. Why Michael wanted to be an astronaut and when he realized he couldn't be one. Michael’s experience in NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory and as a Foreign Affairs Officer. How the last economic crisis shaped Michael’s career trajectory. What CoverWallet For Agents does and how their platform works. The tools CoverWallet For Agents that can help with pricing computations. Why their platform helps reduce the complexity of traditional insurance systems. How Michael optimized his learning curve when he entered the industry without an insurance background. The new tech Michael looks forward to in the future. How CoverWallet For Agents fared throughout the pandemic. Key Takeaways: Technologies in the future will be all about optimizing the user interface and a system’s ease of use. The pandemic has brought about new ideas and innovations that will be pandemic-proof. Connect with Michael Konianlian: CoverWallet For Agents LinkedIn Email: agents@coverwallet.com This episode was brought to you by….. Insurance Licensing Services of America (ILSA), America’s Premier Insurance Compliance and Licensing experts. To learn more about ILSA and their services, visit ILSAinc.com. Connect, Learn, Share Thank you for joining us on this week’s episode of Spot On Insurance. For more resources and episodes, visit SpotOnInsurance.com. Subscribe so you never miss an episode. Love what you’re learning, Spot Light your review on Apple Podcasts Rate and Review For SpotOn and share your favorite episodes with friends and colleagues!  

In this episode of Talk Nerdy, Cara is joined by Dr. Kevin Hand, planetary scientist and astrobiologist at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, director of the Ocean Worlds Lab, and pre-project scientist for NASA's Europa Lander mission concept. They talk about his new book, "Alien Oceans: the Search for Life in the Depths of Space." Follow Kevin: @AlienOceans.

Peter Kalmus – Making Climate Change Real & Learning from Coronavirus – EP155 Hello there & welcome to this week’s 1% Better interview. This is the First interview proper of S4. During the off season, following some Climate Change news, I noticed the name Peter Kalmus popping up regularly – when I read more about him, I was fascinated by his career story as well as his activism.When we did record – 2nd March I think things were heating up on COVID19 with Italy getting bad but nothing yet in Ireland, and very little elsewhere in Europe and US. Things have changed since so it was good we had the opportunity to discuss Coronavirus and how we could learn from it in the climate change movement. Please do share this one broad and wide….if you disagree or would like to add more to it, get in touch too. Just to note, Peter was speaking on his own behalf and his views and opinions. I’ve shared links to climate activists groups at the end. But for now, here is a summary of the topics covered in the podcast.Introduction Peter Kalmus (born May 9, 1974) is a climate scientist, writer and climate activist based in Altadena, California. He is a data scientist at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory as an Associate Project Scientist at UCLA’s Joint Institute for Regional Earth System Science & Engineering. In addition to authoring articles about climate change, he is the founder of the website noflyclimatesci.org and co-founder of the app Earth Hero: Climate Change.Topics covered in detail:•Peter’s background – studying physics, programming on Wall Street and then following his quest of learning•Astrophysics and getting a PhD in this area working on waves travelling through space and time•In mid-2000s, taking a big interest in the climate crisis and the radical energy imbalance•Inspired by Jim Hansen – one of the leading voices on climate crisis •Moving into Earth Science with a post doc – switching fields which was a big deal •Sitting on the side-lines during the discovery of gravitational waves but it was a worthy sacrifice •Dedicating his life now to working to save the life support system of our planet! •Now moving toward biodiversity and ecosystem breakdown •Getting depression during an undergraduate in physics at Harvard so didn’t have confidence to go straight to graduate school •Taking a year to get over this and working in New York during this period •After 4 years, the confidence came back to apply for the PhD•Depression almost leading to suicide during his time at Harvard •In 2006, Peter’s first son was born, and this really was a big change in his life and had him start thinking much clearer on the suffering the planet •Starting to meditate around this time has helped develop compassion more•Emotional Intelligence v Intelligent Quotient•Non-Human Intelligence and how smart tress are for example •Feeling the darkness at the edges of Peters's consciousness and knowing how difficult this is…•The Practice more than anything to develop EQ is meditation and having kids•Vipassana meditation – observing the reality of change!•Working and disciplining the mind to notice a change •Bio-chemical changes creating sensations •Climate Change being abstract compared to the Shark Bite Concern•The tangible nature with the Coronavirus is more real whereas Climate Change feeling less real •This analogy about fear - Read into why people are more scared of a shark bite than client change? •People are responding now as they are in emergency mode as people now believe they could die but with Climate Change, people don’t believe they can die•Would calling it pollution or waste – make it more real?•Have we faced a similar challenge in the past and overcome it?•Bright spots idea – anywhere doing it well and replicate this?•Becoming an Activist is not a choice for Peter when he sees what is happening!•How Peter takes action in his own life – flying less as a starting point •Getting to a Carbon Free environment has to be the goal•How quickly Coronavirus has managed to slow flying but Climate Change is not having this impact…•The Coronavirus has been very useful for climate activists as they can look at this for new approaches to make it real•How to make Climate Change more real and scare people now! •3 Actions to make Climate Change more real?1.Create more fear as the current approach is not working! Create more Fear!2.Non-violent direct action – the house on fire analogy! Act like it’s an emergency and wake people up! The Greta Thunberg movement is a great start…much more is needed here. Civil disobedience – once enough people do this, behaviours will start to change…but it needs to be in mass numbers. 3.Taking Action to reduce emissions - Leading climate activists living our lives as this is happening now – again Greta Thunberg got a boat to the US and back. Activists need to stop burning fossil fuel and more. This will send a clear message to the public. •Are scientists in general agreement on Climate Change? •How to solve this challenge is still to be agreed on?•Are there bright spots emerging?•How can we get better? •What actions can we take to reduce emissions? 1.Planning out – your day, week, month year – to make the change! 2.The Flying Less Movement?3.Use the Earth Hero Apps – reduce our emissions 4.Become more conscious on what you’re using? 5.Burn less fossil fuel6.Become activist – join the movement and take action!!7.Lean in more…leads to more learning:More on Peter•The Earth Hero App – download this on all the App stores •Web – Peterkalmus.net•Twitter - @climateHumanBecome a Climate Activist •Ireland – Stopclimatechaso.ie•Friends of the Earth FOE.ie•Plan-International.org

Chris Mattman, Principal Data Scientist at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, talks about bridging the gap between lab scientists and data scientists, his work with DARPA unearthing the dark web, machine learning in autonomous planetary rovers, and other cool stuff he's been doing. Chris Mattman's page at NASA (https://scienceandtechnology.jpl.nasa.gov/dr-chris-mattmann) More information about the Memex program at DARPA can be found here (https://www.darpa.mil/program/memex). Chris's forthcoming book, Machine Learning with Tensor Flow (https://www.manning.com/books/machine-learning-with-tensorflow-second-edition?query=Chris%20Mattmann)(2nd ed.) will be available soon. CogNation listeners can get 40% off all Manning products by using the code "podcogn20" when ordering from Manning Publications (manning.com). Special Guest: Chris Mattmann.

Drilling holes in grains of sand, creating larger-than-life seashells, organizing thousands of radio operators to say "hi" to satellites, these are some of the projects Dan Goods has brought to life in his creative attempts to make fathomable some of life's intricacies. In this episode, Dan discusses his work with NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory and how he employs art to engage and impart knowledge onto others.Artworks Discussed:The Big PlaygroundeCloudOrbitHI JUNO-About Dan Goods-Dan Goods is passionate about creating moments during which people are reminded of the gift and privilege of being alive. During the day, Dan works as a “Visual Strategist” for NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) where he leads an amazing team in developing new methods of communicating complex concepts into meaningful stories that can be universally understood. JPL's projects are exhibited in public spaces, art museums, and in outer space.In addition to his work with JPL, Dan collaborates on other creative problem-solving projects around the world. He is currently working with the Museum of the Future in Dubai and trying to imagine how one could simulate standing in the middle of a stadium with a million people singing.Dan was recently honored with NASA’s Exceptional Public Service Award. In the past, he was listed as “One of the most interesting people in Los Angeles” by the LA Weekly. In 2002 he graduated valedictorian from the graphic design program at Art Center College of Design. Dan currently lives in Altadena, CA with his wife and three kids.Learn more at http://www.directedplay.com/Follow Dan @iamdangoodsTweet him @dangoods

Guest: Dr. Morgan Cable In the various renditions of Star Trek, the Klingons travel in Birds-of-Prey, the Romulans fly Warbirds, Spock pilots the Jellyfish vessel, and a squid-like future probe attacks Captain Pike's shuttlecraft. This connection between spacecraft and animals is not just science-fiction fantasy. NASA is developing real-life mission concepts that take after biological creatures in name and function, and Dr. Morgan Cable, a scientist and technologist at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, is here to tell us about two of those projects! Follow us on Twitter! Mike: @Miquai Morgan: @starsarecalling

Dave moderates a panel discussion about the use of VR, AR, and XR in space exploration and education. Panelists are Rob Ray, Senior Designer at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, and Dr. Susan Jewell, founder of Mars Academy USA and avatarMEDIC. This discussion occurred on November 12th, 2019, at the Digital Hollywood conference in Los Angeles. Digital Hollywood (https://www.digitalhollywood.com/) debuted in 1993 and is among the leading trade conferences in its field with over 15,000 top executives in the film, television, music, home video, cable, telecommunications and computer industries attending events each year. Organizer Victor Harwood is considered a leading authority on the convergence of the entertainment and technology industries. Rob Ray is a Senior Designer in the Human-Centered Design Group at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. At JPL, Rob leads the human-centered design practice for ProtoSpace, the Lab's flagship AR platform for scientists and engineers. ProtoSpace uses AR technologies to tranform 3D CAD drawings into immersive, collaborative, problem-solving environments. As the design lead for ProtoSpace, Rob works to mak it something akin to a rollercoaster ride that boiled the perfect egg – a simultinaety of spectacle and utility. Rob is also a visual artist (http://robray.net/) and co-host of the Opposable Thumbs creative challenge podcast. (https://www.opposablepodcast.com/) Dr. Susan Jewell has been a leader, innovater, speaker, and educator in the areas of space exploration, space medicine, edutainment, and "astropreneurship." She has built crew teams for expeditions and analog missions in isolated and extreme environments. She pioneered Mars Academy USA (https://marsacademyusa.com/) and the Space Surgery Institute (https://spacesurgeryinstitute.com/), organizations that focus on developing simulation-based training programs and VR/AR edutainment content to lay the groundwork for settlement of Mars and the moon. Video of this panel session can be viewed here (https://vimeo.com/374982025). Special Guests: Rob Ray and Susan Jewell.

This first episode in a series discussing how to do a science project, lists the basic steps involved - from finding a mentor to doing a final report or poster for competition. The Podcast features Tracy Chastain, a certified Alabama teacher in Science and Wayne McCain, a Research Scientist for 20-20 Explorers, and a Professor at Athens State University, Athens, AL. Reference is also made to an online resource provided by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, JPL.

Join us as we welcome Dr. Laurie Barge, a research scientist at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, the Blue Marble Space Institute of Science, and the Oak Crest Institute of Science. She studies topics like self-organizing chemical systems, the emergence of life on early Earth, hydrothermal vents and mineral-organic chemistry, and the habitability of other worlds. Dr. Barge recently become the Science Principle Investigator for the InVADER project (In-situ Vent Analysis Divebot for Exobiology Research), and is also deeply invested in outreach and mentoring for women and minorities in STEM fields. Check out our website for the full transcript of this podcast, plus the full YouTube version of this episode: https://astrobiology.nasa.gov/ask-an-astrobiologist/episodes/32/

Physicist and NASA Engineer Leo Cheng shares how his interest in stars led to his career at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. He also talks about industries Guam can develop for increased sustainability, what the island should be doing in the face of climate change, and answers questions submitted by listeners.This episode is supported by Delmonico Kitchen and Bar.

A team of engineers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, install the legs and wheels — otherwise known as the mobility suspension — on the Mars 2020 rover.

Engineers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, have installed the SuperCam Mast Unit onto the Mars 2020 rover. The instrument's camera, laser and spectrometers can identify the chemical and mineral makeup of targets as small as a pencil point from a distance of more than 20 feet (6 meters). https://twitter.com/spacenewspod --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/space-news/support

A team of engineers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, install the legs and wheels — otherwise known as the mobility suspension — on the Mars 2020 rover.

LEMUR belongs to a new generation of robots being built by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory that can crawl, walk and even climb rock walls.

LEMUR belongs to a new generation of robots being built by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory that can crawl, walk and even climb rock walls.

Dr Spencer Backus talks about his work at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. He explains the complexities of trying to design hands for robots. An example of a robot hand is the undersea gripper he worked on, which looks like "an angry starfish." He also talks about the benefits and challenges of in-space assembly of spacecraft.

From the Personal Carbon Footprint to a Green New Deal Massive climate disruption continues to strike all over the world, one disaster after another, droughts, wildfires, typhoons, mega-floods, with glaciers melting and methane escaping from deep under the permafrost. The UN IPCC said we have 12 more years to stabilize greenhouse gas levels in the atmosphere to avoid runaway climate change. We need solutions to this problem to spark a climate revolution. Jessica Aldridge speaks with NASA climate scientist and author Peter Kalmus and Sam Berndt also a scientist and a coordinator of the Sunrise Movement Los Angeles. Peter Kalmus is author of the book 'Being the Change: Live Well and Spark A Climate Revolution'. He is a scientist at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory and he is speaking on his own behalf. Peter's main research interests are cloud physics and ecological forecasting. He's the recipient of NASA's Early Career Achievement medal and he makes an effort to avoid burning fossil fuel, in order to shift the culture and pave the way for policy-level change. He lives on about a tenth the fossil fuel of the average American, and he enjoys it! Peter's website: https://beingthechangebook.com/ Buy the Book: https://www.amazon.com/Being-Change-Spark-Climate-Revolution/dp/0865718539 Sam Berndt is an Engineer and the Coordinator for the Sunrise Los Angeles Hub. Sam recently moved from Michigan to LA in order to pursue his dream job as a software engineer at JPL. He is also speaking on his own behalf. When he heard of a direct action at Nancy Pelosi's DC office demanding a Green New Deal, he was inspired to take his own action and help found and organize the Sunrise Los Angeles hub. Check out Sunrise: https://www.sunrisemovement.org/ Interview by Jessica Aldridge from SoCal 350 and Adventures in Waste. Host and Engineer: JP Morris Executive Producer: Mark Morris Music: Javier Kadry Episode 29

Dr. Tom Hoffman has had an interplanetary journey without ever leaving NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena. It’s taken him from Neptune to his current role as project director on the Mars InSight mission. He gives us an up-close look at Mars exploration and explains how JPL is ground zero in the quest for interplanetary travel.

ALIENS! EXTRATERRESTRIALS! MARTIANS! Let's. Get. Into. It. The phenomenal Dr. Kevin Peter Hand of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory dishes on the oceans of distant moons, methane rivers, E.T., ice crusts, what might be out there, the timeline of possibly finding them, ghosts, aliens, dark matter, if we should fear making contact with intergalactic beings, if the government is hiding alien secrets, how finding extraterrestrial microbes would change the way we see life on this here tiny blue dot in space. Also: the galactic bulge. Dr. Kevin Peter Hand's JPL profile Dr. Kevin Peter Hand on Twitter: @alienoceans and Instagram @kevin_peter_hand Sponsor links: KiwiCo.com/Ologies, Calm.com/Ologies This week's donations were made to Traveling Telescope & Vermont's Manchester Rescue Squad More links at alieward.com/ologies/astrobiology Become a patron of Ologies for as little as a buck a month: www.Patreon.com/ologies OlogiesMerch.com has hats, shirts, pins, totes! Follow @Ologies on Twitter or Instagram Follow @AlieWard on Twitter or Instagram Sound editing by Jarrett Sleeper of MindJam Media & Steven Ray Morris Theme song by Nick Thorburn Support the show.

Dr Morgan Cable is a planetary scientist and astrobiologist at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Her work is primarily focussed on developing technologies and instruments for spacecraft searching for organic molecules and biomarkers in our solar system. She was the Assistant Project Science Systems Engineer for the Cassini Mission, and is currently working on numerous projects to Europa and Enceladus. Ed and Lucas caught up with Dr. Cable to discuss the exploration of the Saturn system, the Jupiter system, Mars, Iceland and the search for life. Dr. Cable's Twitter handle is @starsarecalling. For more information about the projects we talked about, see NASA's pages for Cassini, Europa Lander, Mars 2020, and Wikipedia's Enceladus Life Finder page.

In this episode, Rhea chats with Luz Camacho, a rising sophomore at USC and a total rockstar. She spent the first half of her summer interning at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, and is now living in the Bay Area, working at Facebook! Tune in for a fun conversation about how Luz got not just one but TWO amazing internships after just one year at USC.

Aaron Yazzie is a man of the future. With love and support from his family and friends, a degree from Stanford, and a love of science this Navajo kid from Arizona is changing the game. From his work at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (robotics, Mars, and space exploration) to his contributions back to the community, Yazzie simply wishes to give back to humanity. Find out more about the Indigenous Bill Nye as he breaks down his origin story and his experiences in the field of science.

Elizabeth Jens builds rockets for a living......... just going to let that one sink in. She dials into Forefront.mp3 from Pasadena, California, sharing (with may too much chill) the inner workings of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory and how she is *literally* conceptualising, building and testing the future of global space exploration. "That's so incredible to think about" - Margaret (yes, yes it is). Enter Margaret Zhang, the Australian-born, globally recognised creative powerhouse who has never and will never conform to a job title that fits a 140 character count. Joining Forefront.mp3 on one of the rare occasions she finds herself actually at home in her New York apartment, Margaret shares her candid take on the global fashion and creative industries, and the place she has forged for herself within them. Late to the party, but inevitably worth the wait, music, culture and lifestyle enigma Acyde joins Forefront.mp3 from Los Angeles, California, in the midst of laying groundwork for a new record label launching in 2018, on-the-go consulting work for footwear and apparel giant Converse, and the perhaps underestimated hustle/fine art of "finding out what everyone's up to". Standing far apart, and yet oddly close, in vocation, upbringing and approach, Forefront.mp3 session 001 brings Beth, Margaret and Acyde into dialogue around the current landscape and future direction of science, innovation and the creative arts. This conversation is to be continued at the Forefront Summit on July 19, 2018 in Sydney, Australia. Register now at Forefrontsummit.com. [This podcast produced by Margaret Zhang and Samantha Oliver (Background)// Edited by Bede Benjamin-Korporaal and Margaret Zhang]

In our final Live from SXSW episode (for 2018 at least), Olivia speaks with Sasha Samochina of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. While everyone else was at Westworld, Olivia talks about the Wild West of VR with Sasha, one of the JPL's Immersive Visualization Producers in Pasadena, CA. As the former head Media Producer at the Field Museum of Naural History, Sasha joined NASA full of content, GIFs, and videos for both @NASAJPL and @MarsCuriosity, before entering the world of 360 video, VR, and AR, which she has pioneered for NASA while also creating immersive experiences scientists and engineers on Earth to further NASA's work in space. In short, she's Olivia's kind of people, and she's our kind of people, inspiring nonprofits and social impact organizations to think: How can we attach a camera to our own Mars Curiosity Rovers?   

In this episode, Paul and Rhea chat with Dr. Paul Giuliano, a professor in our astronautical engineering department, engineer at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory and a fellow Trojan! Dr. Giuiliano was actually one of the founding members of our incredible Rocket Propulsion Lab, one of the most popular design teams on campus. Join us for a relaxed conversation about everything space, from science fiction movies to satellite constellations in orbit.

Are there earthquakes on Mars? Or rather, "marsquakes?" And what could they teach us about the Red Planet? Find out more in this 60-second video from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

Are there earthquakes on Mars? Or rather, "marsquakes?" And what could they teach us about the Red Planet? Find out more in this 60-second video from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

We know what "The Red Planet" looks like from the outside -- but what's going on under the surface of Mars? Find out more in the 60-second video from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

We know what "The Red Planet" looks like from the outside -- but what's going on under the surface of Mars? Find out more in the 60-second video from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

Parker Abercrombie, a senior software engineer at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, presents Virtual Mars during the Virtual and Augmented Reality for Space Science and Exploration symposium at the Keck Institute for Space Studies on January 30, 2018.

Engineers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, awaited the final transmission from the Cassini spacecraft as it plunged into Saturn's atmosphere ending its 20-year voyage of discovery.

Nagin Cox is a first-generation Martian. As a spacecraft engineer at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Cox works on the team that manages the United States' rovers on Mars. But working a 9-to-5 on another planet -- whose day is 40 minutes longer than Earth's -- has particular, often comical challenges.

Through their work as visual strategists for NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, David Delgado and Daniel Goods inspire scientists and make science inspiring. Under 'The Studio' at JPL, David and Dan help engineers and scientists sort through their own design problems using creative methodologies, while also framing JPL's research for a general audience—making things like travel posters for exoplanets and helping realize a giant listening station for orbiting satellites. David and Dan sat down with me to discuss their role in the JPL ecosystem, and the invaluable role their architect- and designer-collaborators play in imagining the future. David starts off the conversation by describing their 'Metamorphosis' project: visualizing the surface of a comet through sculpture, for the Rosetta Mission. Update 11/15/16: To clarify, the "Jason" Dan refers to ~2:08 is Jason Klimoski, of the architecture firm StudioKCA, whom NASA JPL asked to design the installation 'Metamorphosis'. David and Dan are not themselves designers/architects, but work with those professionals as their clients to realize JPL/NASA's objectives.

Rob Manning is a man of many hats at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California-- including the chief engineer of the Mars Curiosity Rover. Rob is well-positioned to give us an overview of what's happening on Mars now, and what we can expect in the years ahead. Full show notes are available at http://ktla.com/frankbuckleyinterviews.

Dr. Farah Alibay, a systems engineer at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, invited Matt and Andy to her home in Highland Park to talk about her work on a real-world Armageddon mission to redirect an asteroid, CubeSats, giant geysers on Saturn's moon Enceladus, the importance of planetary protection and upcoming solar system exploration missions.

On this week's episode, Dr. Morgan Cable of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory talks about Saturn's moon Titan, and how she creates mini Titan lakes in her laboratory.

Buy his book on Amazon - http://lon.tv/6bjb6 (affiliate link) Rob Manning is an experienced engineer at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. He's an expert on landing spacecraft on the surface of Mars utilizing very creative techniques like airbags (Pathfinder, Spirit and Opportunity) and the skycrane maneuver on Curiosity. Manning recently published a book Mars Rover Curiosity: An Inside Account from Curiosity's Chief Engineer where he details the very difficult challenges involved with designing a spacecraft that lands itself on another planet. I really enjoyed speaking with him and I hope you enjoy the interview! Subscribe to my email list to get a weekly digest of upcoming videos! - http://lon.tv/email Visit the Lon.TV store to purchase some of my previously reviewed items! http://lon.tv/store Want to help the channel? Start a Patreon subscription! http://lon.tv/patreon Follow me on Facebook! http://facebook.com/lonreviewstech Follow me on Twitter! http://twitter.com/lonseidman Follow me on Google+ http://lonseidman.com

Hello listeners! On today's show I speak with Victor Luo is leading development on the human interface aspects of tele-robotics at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Come along as we discuss using VR with astronauts in space, colonizing mars, finding life in Europa and much more! Here is a quick preview of some of the things we talked about: 30 : Victor's Role at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory 1:10 The human interfaces research group at Nasa 2:21 Describing Victor's demo at the VR Hackathon. 3:40 What role will human interfaces play in space exploration. 4:50 How long has NASA been paying attention to VR and telepresence? 6:40 What sorts of uses will the HMD be used for by NASA. Walking around Mars using an HMD. 9:39 How will telerobotics and vr influence space exploration? 11:22 Putting a livestreaming 360 video camera on the International Space Station. 12:20 Experimenting with Virtual Reality in Microgravity. 14:30 Using VR to combat some of the psychological impacts of deep space travel. 18:40 What's next after mars? What will future NASA missions look like. 23:00 What would it mean for NASA if we discovered some form of sentient life on another celestial body. Is humanity ready for that discovery? 25:00 What aspects of virtual reality will NASA find the most value in ? 27:00 Will asteroid mining enable the creation of the word's first trillionaire? 29:00 Pragmatic challenges of using VR and telerobotics. 32:00 Impacts of prolonged use of VR on the human mind? 32:40 Victor's personal motivations. 34:00 The process of creating interfaces. 36:00 Increasing the efficacy of doing science by incorporating immersive environments. 39:00 Landing on a Martian pole to harvest its water. 41:00 What happened to the water on Mars? 43:00 How to get people motivated and excited about space exploration. 45:00 Crowd sourcing space exploration to the hive mind. 46:00 What will it take for humans to have a permanent presence on Mars? 49:45 Utilizing fear to motivate humans to expand our reach in space. 53:00 Will VR be a victim of its success? 57:31 Seeing the universe from the astronauts perspective using VR. 59:30 Will we see the birth of the first human to not be born on earth in this century? 1:02:30 Is NASA interested in exploring the deep sea or excavating to the earth's core? 1:05:00 Nasa's funding challenges. What is the return on investment for colonizing Mars? http://vicluo.com/ https://twitter.com/victorocks http://www.theverge.com/2013/3/27/4154900/nasa-athlete-leap-motion-GDC

Discover more about our planet with the Earth from Space video programme. In this special edition, Andrew Shepherd from the University of Leeds and Erik Ivins from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory join the show to discuss our planet's polar ice sheets. Their new research shows that melting of the Antarctic and Greenland ice sheets has contributed 11.1 millimetres to global sea levels since 1992.

AUDIO: MATT WALLACE, MSL FLIGHT SAFETY MANAGER, NASA'S JET PROPULSION LABORATORY speaks at the Society for this Space Group Lecture. Thanks to Astrium for supporting the event and to the Space Group for organising the lecture.

Presented by John L. Callas, NASA'S Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

This week Derek has a chat with Joeseph Lazio, project scientist at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory for the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) telescope. To find out a bit more about what this next-generation radio telescope is going to attempt to find, and how it will address some of the fundamental questions in astrophysics, physics, and even astrobiology.

This week Skepticality welcomes two of the members of the Los Angeles-based band Artichoke: Timothy Sellers (who pursued physics before deciding on music) and Steve Collins (an engineer at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory).Artichoke is known to many eSkeptic readers for the song Mary Anning, their highly popular contribution to the Skeptics Mix Tape 2009 project. (As Mix Tape curator Daniel Loxton explains, "Artichoke is really top tier science music. There are vanishingly few bands who can match their catchiness and scientific depth.")On this episode, Swoopy chats with Timothy and Steve about the special challenges in writing fun, accessible music that also portrays scientists accurately — as featured on the band's albums 26 Scientists Volume 1: Anning – Malthus, and 26 Scientists Volume 2: Newton – Zeno.

Astronomers have studied two very intriguing planets beyond our solar system -- one super hot, one super windy. This podcast comes from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

The Cassini Mission to Saturn, Interview with Trina Ray from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory